Statement on the General Election results for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

Acting Returning Officer Tracey Lee said: “We have full confidence that all votes at the General Election count were counted correctly but unfortunately we have now found that the figure for the final number of votes declared for the Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency was not correct. This does not affect the result of the election.

“We have now reviewed all data and paperwork from the election and understand why this happened. We count the votes for each constituency in ‘mini count’ areas which are council wards. The votes in these areas are shared with candidates and agents at each stage of the process to ensure complete transparency. These figures were correct but an error in a spreadsheet meant that the 6,587 votes from one of these areas, Efford and Lipson, were not included in the final declaration sheet for the Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency.

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